Git

Ideally SSH keys are preferred for authentication, however if a repository is only username and password based, you can use the following command to save your basic authentication credentials:

git config --global credential.helper store

Caution: These credentials will be saved in plaintext in your home directory, so proceed with caution.

Every time I set up a new Linux machine for development, I frequently find myself always Googling the Bash shell modifications to make the shell prompt more Git friendly. Never again!